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Historical Event on 2/8/1967

Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1895Siyaramsharan Gupt was born.
1/18/1998India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.
1/18/1998Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
11/6/1913Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops.
9/8/1953Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
12/3/1956Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story writer, passed away.
1/19/1997Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.